Remove Office Genuine Advantage Notification Without Using Any Crack

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Microsoft’s worst decision was to install this thing called Microsoft Genuine Advantage and it has created a lot of fuss in the computer world. Sometimes even the genuine Windows or Office products will not validate against Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage program. 

Solution 1:

Don't use any cracks/patches You are jeopardizing you security. JUST USE COMMAND PROMPT:

1. (RIGHT CLICK COMMAND PROMPT AND RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR, THIS IS IMPORTANT)

2. CLOSE ALL RUNNING MS OFFICE APPLICATIONS (WORD,EXCEL, ETC)

3. TYPE (OR COPY AND PASTE): MsiExec.exe /X{B2544A03-10D0-4E5E-BA69-0362FFC20D18}

4. HIT ENTER!!!

5. PRESTO!!! THIS IS THE ONLY LEGIT WAY TO REMOVE THAT PESKY KB949810 UPDATE

Remember: From now, hide (do not install) the update "KB949810" through windows automatic updates. Though many people will advice not to use automatic updates. I strongly dis agree with that. Automatic updates are necessary to keep your computer up-to-date. Also in Windows Vista, AFTER U UNINSTALL KB949810, use this method and make sure you hide this particular update so it doesn't reinstall in future. Read Here To Know How To Manually Remove OGA Notification And How To Skip KB949810 Updates From Installing 

Solution 2:

We can remove OGA notification by disabling OGAAddin.dll from loading when we start Office applications. OGAAddin.dll file shows the notification and removing this will stop such notifications from appearing. This below hack will make Windows think that KB949810 is properly installed and it will not prompt you for further installation.

1. Go to Start - Run - Type regedit in the box and hit Enter
2. This will open Registry Editor window, press Ctrl+F to open search box
3. Type OGAAddin.connect in the serach box to find this registry key
4. Once found, Right click on Load behaviour and select Modify option
5. Edit and change the value from 3 to 0
6. Repeat this process for each and every instances of OGAAddin.connect key
7. You are done.

Solution 3:

Microsoft does not allow people to uninstall OGA notifications, but you can easily delete and remove OGA components from your system manually. In this way, they will be automatically go inactive and you won’t see those boring “This copy of Microsoft Office is not genuine” notifications again.

1. Close all Office applications first
2. Navigate to C:\Wndows\System32 or C:\Windows\SysWow64 folder and delete the following files
3. OGAVerify.exe
4. OGAAddin.dll
5. You are done.

Remember: From now, do not install KB949810 through windows automatic updates. Though many people will advice not to use automatic updates. I strongly dis agree with that. Automatic updates are necessary to keep your computer up-to-date. If you have any problems, please let me know. Feel free to comment here.

Solution 3 (Using Third Party Crack): Microsoft has recently updated their Office Genuine Advantage Crack. Supremo Phantom has a combined crack for Windows Genuine Advantage and Office Genuine Advantage. That crack has got the fix for the latest version of OGA 2.0.48.0. The crack can be downloaded from the internet. You can google for the file Office_Geniune_Fix.zip.